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Juan Wang
@juanw.bsky.social
Political Scientist at McGill. China, the state, communism, money, and discipline.
Don't know how to tag comparative law group so this question will probably go unnoticed. Anyway, how does intellectual property rights (medicine esp) interact with transparency of information? I am looking at this instruction of a Chinese medicine. For ingredients, it says: national secrets.
December 2, 2024 at 12:22 AM
"The Senate passed the bill 34 votes to 19. The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the legislation by 102 votes to 13." globalnews.ca/news/1089257...
Australia passes world’s 1st social media ban for kids under 16 - National | Globalnews.ca
The law will make platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram liable for fines for systemic failures to prevent children from holding accounts.
globalnews.ca
November 29, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Good to see the Times picking up on a theme some of us have been hammering for a while: Trump's tariffs, and especially an opaque exemption process, will be an engine of massive crony capitalism 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...
Trump’s Trade Agenda Could Benefit Friends and Punish Rivals
Donald Trump has a record of pardoning favored companies from tariffs. Companies are once again lining up to try to influence him.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s
November 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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On Dec 4 at 8 PM (ET), THiS Workshop of Chinese Societies will host a session featuring @drjcw.bsky.social’s project titled “Chinese American or American Chinese?: WeChat and the Hybrid Identity of Chinese Immigrants in the U.S.” Join us on Zoom: concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/8951907632...
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November 23, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Feel so encouraged! So many friends, colleagues, and mentors have helped and supported me throughout this process—my gratitude is beyond words.
(Embarrassingly, the typesetting of öber-ün durabar is still wrong after I corrected it three times on the proof -- it was correct on my proof lol
Just published on APSR First View: "The Global Network of Liberty: Toward a New Framework for Understanding the History of Political Concepts" by Shoufu Yin @shoufuyin.bsky.social. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 21, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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I created a starter pack for sociologists studying China: go.bsky.app/NetJdDm. We study China’s labor, gender, family, inequality, organizations, education, professions, media, civil society, protests, immigration, as well as politics and history.
Let me know if you want to be added (or removed).
November 20, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Polisky
India vs Canada. No surprises here. www.bbc.com/news/in-pict...
September 24, 2023 at 1:22 PM
India vs Canada. No surprises here. www.bbc.com/news/in-pict...
September 24, 2023 at 11:39 AM
@profmusgrave.bsky.social prof. Musgrave: can you add me to this "polisky" that I heard about? Thanks!
September 23, 2023 at 1:32 AM